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Breaking it! Pummels it! Chop it! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH. . . Oh goodness, this is amazing. The biggest Dota 2 tournament in the world wasn't only home to talented players, but also to wonderful eSports announcers.

Yesterday in Tokyo, a bolt of lighting struck Tokyo's Odakyu Electric Railway. The incident looks both stunning and scary. Below, you can see footage of the lighting storm. Skip ahead to around the 1:18 mark to see lightning strike the carriage, w...

Ever the pioneers in snack food, the Land of the Rising Sun and the purple sweet potato flavored Kit Kat bar is now home to Pepsi flavor Cheetos. The Frito Lay Cheetos x Pepsi Shuwa Shuwa Cola Corn Snack are said to have a bit of a cinnamon taste,...

A Shuukan Josei journalist revealed on Yomiuri TV's Suma-tan! that a super popular idol will be getting married. ＜Summary of hints on Suma-tan! ＞ ・A super popular idol to get married. ・Hint: MALE idol.

Tried to find a reading manga related pic. Was none I liked. Decided to go with Danbo instead. Well, I did the legal anime list so it was only a matter of time before I worked on the manga list. Admittedly though, I already have to start with a co...

In a move not so unfamiliar for the Persona franchise, Persona 3 is making the transition to live performance in the form of a stage play called Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade. The play is set to open in the G-Rosso theatre at Tokyo Dome City in ...

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn won't just let you ride Chocobo mounts, but Unicorn mounts as well, Square Enix revealed in their latest Letter from the Producer Q&A video. While the recorded video isn't up yet, here's a screenshot, courtesy of ...

14/08/2013: Yen Press license Bloody Brat Blood Lad spin off coming next March Although we're missing out on its anime adaptation, which is only streaming in North America via Viz Media, no doubt there are still a fair few fans of Blood Lad in its...

Ichiro Sakaki (Scrapped Princess) and Kiri Kajiya's Outbreak Company - Moeru Shinryakusha is the latest light novel series to be tapped for anime adaptation. The series, set to air this October, follows a young geek sent into a fantasy world as an...

Magi Volume 1 The middle of the month is usually a bit quieter than this, but this time around we've got a slew of books hitting with a lot of omnibus editions from Viz Media and their SuBLime Manga label as well as a bunch of adult releases from ...

Year-end special to recap Aincrad, Fairy Dance arcs The Sword Art Online television anime series is getting a year-end anime special titled Sword Art Online Extra Edition. In the afterward in the 13th volume of Reki Kawahara's original light novel...

Director Kota Yoshida's live-action adaptation of Usotsuki Paradox—based on the manga written by Nanki Satō and illustrated by Akira Kizuki—is set for a limited one-week screening at Human Trust Cinema Shibuya starting September 7.

Even as more and more people complain about how unsocial social network services have become, some Japanese Twitter users have put their faith in humanity and opened up a new line of communication with their fellow Tweeters.

[Off Topic] Guardians of the Galaxy Teaser Trailer Next year's Marvel Summer Universe goes intergalactic with Guardians of the Galaxy, July 14 2014. And below we have a taste of the Comic Con Teaser if you weren't lucky enough to see it in Hall H.

Instead of a PV, Outbreak Company has shared preview images for its PV – possibly too embarrassed to show the actual preview video after suffering the obvious negative reception for the character designs.

Even More Trademarks Filed By Namco Bandai for Potential Tales Series Titles – Is There More Than One Game Planned For Release? An image from Tales of Xillia, the latest Tales game released to the international market So it turns out that Namco Ba...

'Little Witch Academia' Anime Blu-ray Preorder Goes Live Posted by Chris Beveridge August 13, 2013 at 08:46 AM Little Witch Academia The preorder for Little Witch Academia has gone live and you can now hit up the link to order Studio Trigger's OVA...

Daily Graffiti: A Gallery Of 'Breaking Bad' Street Art In honor of Breaking Bad's return to television and its final few episodes, we've collected a gallery of some of our favorite wheatpastes, stickers, stencils, and graffiti murals all dedicated...

Hello everyone! How long has it been since school uniforms were considered cosplay? The other day I was at a train station and I saw a sign near the escalator that said "Take care if you're wearing a skirt".

While Arc System Works have been all about Guilty Gear Xrd Sign, leading up to the game's location test location test, they haven't forgotten about BlazBlue fans that are looking forward to the anime adaptation announced earlier this summer.

HKT48 – Melon Juice HKT48's 2nd single Melon Juice (メロンジュース) will be released on September 4. Melon Juice is described as a punk rock song. 4 editions are available. Each one of them contains 3 songs and their instrumental versions.

MOS Burger, the Japanese fast food chain famous for being a fresher, slightly healthier alternative to other hamburger joints, has recently announced that it will release a new hamburger sandwich to go alongside its existing range of plain and che...

With so many video games making their way onto the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform, while some struggle to get the funding for mediocre funding targets, other campaigns thrive and meet six digit figure goals in the matter of hours.

A trailer for a new stop-motion animation short starring Yotsuba&! manga's popular cardboard robot Danbo called "Le Danboard" began streaming in Geneon Entertainment's Rondo Robe label. The short depicts Danbo's somewhat pleasant daily life on a l...

「都市学園防衛戦(後篇)」 (Toshi Gakuen Bōei Sen [Kou Hen]) "Defensive Battle at Cosmopolitan Academy (Conclusion)" Majestic Prince is the very essence of a mecha porn! Yes, I fully realize this is starting to sound like a broken record, but the show just kee...

「紅葉狩り」 (Momijigari) "Red Leaf Hunting" Wow, that episode was informative. Not only did we gain important clarification and insight into the Professor's view of eating things you love, but we also learned much about Benten's ambiguous nature and wh...

At this weekend's Otakon, Viz Media announced that they will be bringing back what was once on the most popular series in anime. Martial arts sex comedy Ranma 1/2 is set to return, with the anime coming to Neon Alley, Blu-ray and DVD, along with n...

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